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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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